La Chiva Colombian Restaurant

I had seen La Chiva so many times when taking the Metro from Wardlow Station, so decided to finally try it for lunch when a friend took Metro down to Long Beach to visit.There is a small parking lot and the interior is not that big, but there are also several outside tables. Service was fine, and the waiter spoke both English and Spanish. The menu is very extensive and it took us a while to decide what to order.We ended up ordering the sancocho de gallina (soup), hígado a la criolla, churrasco, and picada. We also ordered patacones as an appetizer and jugos (juices) to drink: guayaba (guava), maracuyá (passionfruit), and lulo. The juices were very refreshing and tasty. The food was also very yummy with large portions, and we had lots of leftovers. The entrees came with rice, salad, and beans. Prices were not the cheapest but were fair.Overall, it was a solid Colombian food experience.

I love this restaurant so much! My coworkers and i came here for lunch and had some delicious authentic Colombian food. The service was great, make sure to be kind to the staff and tip generously. During a lunch rush hour they were very busy and short staffed. I would even recommend ordering online through their website ahead of time. Highly recommend checking out this place for some delicious Colombian food!

Que rico desayuno autentico colombiano. Venimos desde Chicago y buscamos un lugar colombiano y llegamos al mejor de Los Angeles. La comida muy rica, el ambiente pleno. El mejor servicio!!

Sadly Colombia is too far away for me to grab some food but thankfully I have La chiva close to home to get my cravings satisfied. It's a local restaurant which is crazy to see how good the service is as a family owned restaurant. The place reminds me of Colombia and there's nothing better to either order for dine in or take out

Don't sleep on this food!! Very good, and well made. I was pleasantly surprised after reading the reviews. I had the beef empanadas and the arroz con pollo. I had leftovers and I am going back for more! It was yummy in my tummy! Good job La Chiva. I hope you do well. Bravo

I'm going to try and make this review as positive as possible since it was my first time here and we were confused first off it's in a not so great area in Long Beach inside no air conditioning and outside is nothing amazing because of the location customer service wasn't good we asked the guy in Spanish if he could recommend something that was popular amongst customers but he didn't recommend anything changed the subject to if we're going to want to order something to drink so we ordered the guava and guanabana juice in milk which we had also asked him about but he was very uniformative so I ordered all these random items which weren't good besides you need to wait a long time for the food to come out we waited longer than we actually enjoyed the food I nibbled on most just to try but all were lacking flavor and some I had no idea what I should expect because the guy was not welcoming or helpful when we asked a bit pricey for what you get really inexpensive ingredients maybe if the customer service was better I would of had a better experience but I will not be returning here or recommending this place to anyone the service alone is enough to not want to come back maybe it wasn't the food but the guys service that gave us a bad taste I'm usually a great tipper so fyi if you don't even try to give good service I don't have to give a good tip as a previous server I know anyway enjoy my pictures at least those are nice

Excellent Columbian Food friendly service in a great and nice location .This is a neighborhood joint The food is tasty with warm and friendly service . I cannot comment on the ingredients as I am not a chef unlike the snooty reviewer that posted a review earlier and the location is just fine ( hilarious review)

Definitely must try. If you'd never had Colombian food, this place has a good variety to get to familiar. We did takeout and ordered the Picada and the empanadas. The picada was delicious! The sweet plantain was perfect, it had chicharrón, chicken, chorizo, morcilla, steak, arepas, fried cheese, maduros, yuca, just lots of yummy stuff. The empanadas are so good. They come with a green vinegar sauce that's similar to a chimichurri. They had potato and chicken. As far as empanadas go, Colombian style empanadas are some of my favorite and these did not disappoint. We will definitely eat at the restaurant next time and try other items.

Never judge a restaurant by its location and looks. The food here was extremely good. The empanada were the best I ever tasted. By far. The seafood over ribeye steak was a strange mix especially because it had a thick yellow sauce....but OMG .it was soooo bomb. Large portions so get ready for left overs.

Food wasn't that good I ordered a ceviche shrimp the the shrimp was over cooked and chewy then I ordered a Mexican Michelada and the guy said he did not have any so he made it a Colombian way and all he put was a half of a cup of beer in the cup Salt around the rim and lemons in there and that whole meal came out to be $30. I don't know how but that is not OK. Never going back